Carnival!

We didn't really think when we booked this holiday that it would be Carnival time. They have a week of celebrations  and although we have been mostly hanging around the resort, last night we went out to watch the parade. It was similiar to the rodeo parade in that some floats were pulled by tractors. That was the only similarity.

Floats were beautiful, very elaborate. There were also lots of dancers, there seem to be a lot of dance schools here. Also many tuba bands. But the best part was being in the crowd with so many Mexican families, all generations happily together. We saw a few people like us but not many. We had gone for a walk in the morning along the sea wall and people had already set up chairs, tables and even tents on the sidewalk. Our tour guide the other day said 500,000 people watch the parade. He said this is the third biggest Carnival in the world, after Rio and New Orleans.

The other day we took a tour to Durango, a nice town inland where Pancho Villa was from. There is a museum dedicated to him there. The down side to that excursion was the Ugly Canadian, who, sad to say, was from Alberta. His equally obnoxious companion was from Vancouver, maybe she was not quite so bad because her voice did not carry as far.

Geoff has one more dentist visit this week.